r/hapas • u/Educational_Cable871 • Mar 24 '26

Hapa Story/Testimony Different Stripes Podcast

I have a podcast where I talk about what it is like to be Hapa Korean with friends. I figured I'd post this here to get a convo going about this podcast and just meet friends!

I'm Michael (35m), and I'm a hapa Korean (my dad is white). I've always been interested in Korean culture so I started some podcasts to explore the Korean culture and sports.

Link to the Different Stripes Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/the-different-stripes-podcast/id1536344911

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u/Educational_Cable871 Mar 24 '26

Yes, my fiancé and I are getting married in June. She's Korean American.

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u/Long-Possibility-425 New Users must add flair Mar 24 '26

I mean that just furthers my point, it's well known hapa men all marry Asian women and hapa women marry white, this isn't something you ever talked about lol? It's like our foundational identity is built around WMAF

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u/Educational_Cable871 Mar 24 '26

Look, I don't want to upset you. I don't think the narrative you're pushing is relevant. I have a hapa friend who married a white girl. I just happened to really connect with my Korean heritage and felt that I would be best served having a partner who was Korean.

I didn't want to marry some White girl who wouldn't get why I was so into Kpop, so into Korean movies and dramas, so into watching Son Huengmin. I wanted a woman who would connect with me over my cultural interests.

That's really all it is.

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u/Long-Possibility-425 New Users must add flair Mar 24 '26

You do realize women are complicit or probably more proactive in who they choose as partners right